Bøger af David Keyes

Ready to experience a few friendly scares in your home theater this Halloween? Online Film Critic David Keyes has curated 100 carefully-selected essays from an extensive archive of film reviews for this special occassion, a handy reference guide to take to the spooky parties throughout the month of October and beyond. "Hell on Reels" covers a wide array of famous, infamous and obscure titles that offer something for every horror fan's taste -- including notable classics like "Psycho" and "Halloween" to more current releases like "Talk to Me," the most recent box office sleeper of the genre. The book also explores fringe alternatives in the field, including international slashers, serial killer case studies, horror satires and some rarely-seen found footage pictures.

Learn how to use R for everything from workload automation and creating online reports, to interpreting data, map making, and more.Written by the founder of a very popular online training platform for the R programming language!The R programming language is a remarkably powerful tool for data analysis and visualization, but its steep learning curve can be intimidating for some. If you just want to automate repetitive tasks or visualize your data, without the need for complex math, R for the Rest of Us is for you.Inside you’ll find a crash course in R, a quick tour of the RStudio programming environment, and a collection of real-world applications that you can put to use right away. You’ll learn how to create informative visualizations, streamline report generation, and develop interactive websites—whether you’re a seasoned R user or have never written a line of R code.You’ll also learn how to:• Manipulate, clean, and parse your data with tidyverse packages like dplyr and tidyr to make data science operations more user-friendly• Create stunning and customized plots, graphs, and charts with ggplot2 to effectively communicate your data insights• Import geospatial data and write code to produce visually appealing maps automatically• Generate dynamic reports, presentations, and interactive websites with R Markdown and Quarto that seamlessly integrate code, text, and graphics• Develop custom functions and packages tailored to your specific needs, allowing you to extend R’s functionality and automate complex tasksUnlock a treasure trove of techniques to transform the way you work. With R for the Rest of Us, you’ll discover the power of R to get stuff done. No advanced statistics degree required.

Young Bobby Cromwell had no idea what to expect when his adoptive parents took him hiking in the eastern Oregon wilderness, but when they decided to scale the rugged terrain around Mount Eras to catch a spectacular view of the Blood Moon, they stumbled on something more sinister: an old legend that slaughtered the living and devoured their flesh. Spared the fate of death, Bobby was allowed to escape that fateful encounter, but only under the oath that he would lure additional victims to the mountain once a year, when the Blood Moon would allow the spirit to be its most ravenous. Now an adult and scarred by the part he has played in the massacre, Bobby has brought seven 20-something acquaintances to the fabled Blood Mountain, where mayhem ensues as they stumble on the same evil and wind up in a frightening push for survival.

A magical island in the south of France where an ill-fated birthday party is soon to take place. Read what evil mischief befalls occult consulting detective Cecil Herbert Woolley and his beloved Clemency de la Tour. There will be much cocktail drinking, a sudden storm, a mysterious black ship and an eerie group of uninvited guests.

Introducing Cecil Herbert Woolley - wealthy, educated, affected, infuriating, well-spoken, well-dressed, a gentleman, a curious sort, a well-rounded chap, a lover of art, a one-time ladies man, witty and occasionally wise, once attractive and now well worn, functionally alcoholic, kind to animals and a so-so pianist.Cecil Herbert Woolley is also a consulting detective, world renowned for his knowledge of, and some say first-hand experience with, the occult.The Blood Red Heiress, David Keyes' second novel, is a rollicking, cocktail-fueled occult mystery featuring the detective Cecil Herbert Woolley, his manservant Benedict and the love of his life, Clemency de la Tour.

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In a serene and isolated valley in the west, a terrible power lies dormant within the stone walls of a secluded chamber - the fabled Eye of the Sky! Once an instrument of chaos used to instigate conflicts and uprisings, it has been locked away for untold millennia, never to be used again. Now, in the aftermath of a new disturbance on the soils of Oz, the key to opening the vault has fallen into the hands of Old Mombi, who will use the eye to conjure the legendary Black Rainbow! Can the country withstand the terrible reality that the Black Rainbow might bring? What does it represent to the future of the fairy world, still reeling from the attack of the nightmare? An ensemble of Ozian personalities rally to the cause of defense against the dangerous mission of four fearsome villains, who see the Rainbow as the instrument that will herald their fearsome return to power!

This, the third installment of the Cecil Herbert Woolley Mystery series follows Cecil, his beloved Clemency and their manservant Benedict as they travel to exotic and dangerous Shanghai to help the daughter of a former WW I colleague of Cecil's. The time is the late 1920s and Shanghai is a hotbed of opium, violence and political unrest, but Woolley, a consulting Occult detective, finds more than politics are afoot. Ghosts, seances, dancehalls and the threat of war cast many a shadow over Shanghai.